Temperatures climbed so high in France this summer that wildfires forced mass evacuations, Champagne grapes were harvested exceptionally early, the Louvre closed in the afternoons, and the field at the historic Parc des Princes stadium turned brown.
‘Someone has to roll up their sleeves’: Meet the 23-year-old Catholic restoring France’s statues
Raphaël Castex on his quest to make the country’s statues shine again